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I'm mostly all moved in and have all of my cats back. The IUD is settling but still a little painful. I'm taking my vitamins and I did a little food shopping today. I genuinely feel like I've gotten to the end of the tunnel

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It's so weird to me when people are like 'but that will cost the government money!' So what? They're the government, they're supposed to be spending money. What, you want them to take your tax dollars and then do nothing with it? Lock it all up in a big government vault and just look at it? Why are you so scared of giving a third grader lunch or a homeless person a house.

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people have said good things about you behind your back, without your knowledge. people have shared their love for you with others.

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IUD has been placed and I am fighting for my life. She said it was one of the best she was able to do in a long time and thankfully I didn't scream. But dear gods am I in pain

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there is no friendzone, there is no blue balls, and there is no m*le loneliness epidemic

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Oh ok so it turns out ive been borrowing grief from the future ! it turns out ive been preparing to lose the things i love rather than basking in the light of them while they last. Maybe i should nt do that

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My mom found me the cutest couch today for my place. It's so comfy and floral. And she took me shopping and I got some kitchen stuff that's all super cute and matching. I can't wait to decorate :}

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The fact that religious people will defend ‘honour killing’ (religiously motivated femicide) whilst simultaneously claiming that abortion is evil is actually mental.

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I'm also getting my birth control switched from the arm implant to an IUD and I'm terrified lmao

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I'm finally moving out on my own! It'll be my first time ever living alone and I'm terrified but also so beyond excited! My boss is renting a house to me and she's giving me a little bit of a discount and I'm so grateful! She's letting me have all three of my cats too!

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Big Insurance Uses AI to Quickly Deny Claims, One Man Fights Back with AI App That Quickly Appeals

"The idea that American health insurance companies are using AI to analyze and adjudicate claims for approval or denial sounds terrifying, but one North Carolinian is using AI to fight back.

When Raleigh resident Neal Shah had a claim denied for his wife’s chemotherapy drugs, he thought it was rare, that he was the only one, that it was just bad luck.

Litigating his case on phone calls that lasted for hours changed the husband and father, and he set about creating a sophisticated app that uses artificial intelligence to compare claims denial forms against health insurance contracts, before automatically drafting an appeal letter.

“For a doctor to write this, it’s not rocket science, but it still takes hours,” Shah told ABC News 11, adding that a well-written appeal letter, sent in immediately, can sometimes get denials reversed within days or weeks, but most people either don’t know they can appeal, or don’t know on what grounds they can appeal.

In fact, according to Shah’s research, 850 million claims denials occur every year, and less than 1% are ever appealed.

That’s where Counterforce Health comes in, a startup that’s created a free-to-use app for claims denials.

It’s all the more critical a service now that health insurance companies, already armed with statewide government-protected pseudo monopolies and duopolies, are using AI to deny claims within seconds of them being filed.

“Before, you used to have a reason you would deny it, and you used to have a doctor review or a nurse review it, but once AI rolled out, they could just have AI deny it,” Shah explained.

For Counterforce Health, Shah brought onboard Riyaa Jadhav, a Jill of all trades who has helped grow and expand the undertaking through her experience in both the business world and working alongside patients at Johns Hopkins University Hospital.

Together, they’ve built Counterforce to the point where it boasts a 70% success rate in appealing claims.

Thousands have already logged on; many going on to use the service.

“Sometimes when enough people get loud, enough people put pressure, then I think all of a sudden society wakes up, so I really feel like it’s really about to click,” Shah said.

-via Good News Network, August 5, 2025

Here's the link to this organization, by the way. According to their numbers, less than 1% of denials in the US are appealed, but 75% of appeals are approved. This could do so much good.

And another source for validity:

-via NBC News, July 18, 2025

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friends, if I can give you one piece of advice for those of you who are new to work, or are about to enter the workforce, especially if you have any sort of office job:

Do not work on your days off.

"But--"

DO NOT WORK ON YOUR DAYS OFF.

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friendly reminder that youre not “supposed to” be bald anywhere. youre a mammal, babe. the hair is there naturally for protection and thermoregulation. theres absolutely nothing shameful about it, in any sort of sense. your biological reality is morally neutral.

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As feminists, we need to invent a new word to reflect the very specific form of pollical and advocational terrorism women are experiencing at the hands of Trans Identified Males. The fact that there is no public service or resource women can create for themselves without it being undermined and destroyed by males with identities is a distinct form of socio-political oppression only being inflicted on those born female. Notice males do not face this issue with trans men, because of their social and political dominance. The burden is on trans men to fit into male spaces without becoming outed/ a victim. Trans men who don't pass, self exclude from male spaces due to their own fear of dominant males and the consequences of transgressing/not conforming. Meanwhile, there is no burden on TIMs- they are free to remake female spaces to accommodate them because those born female lack the social and political resources to protect their spaces. Oppression is sex based.

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This isn’t about anything.

This isn’t about anything.

This isn’t about anything.

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u know besides the million other reasons i hate generative ai i also refuse to use it bc i dont trust anything being pushed on me this hard. why does every company desperately want me to get on the bandwagon. whats in it for you. whats in it for me. if ur pushing this shitass product into my life so intrusively u must have nefarious intentions. i dont trust anything being shilled like this

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Oh and I want to fight all the Gen Z kids who are like ‘teehee, we’ll just do lavender marriages instead!’ Some of us are adults who want equal rights and protections under the law of our land.